Portable building.



M. L` REYNOLDS.

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einer 'eg MARVIN L. REYNOLDS, OF FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA.

PORTABLE BUILDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 16, 1916, Serial No. 115,343. Renewed March 1,1918. Serial No. 219,871.

To all whom t may concern:

' Be it known that I, MARVIN L. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Faribault, in the county of Rice and State ofMinnesota, have invented new and use- Aful improvements in PortableBuildings, of

.vious to air so that the air may readily circulate through thestructure, thereby enabling the building to be used for open-airsleeping and like purposes.

lt is also my purpose to improve and simplify the general constructionof portable buildings and to provide a building wherein the parts may beassembled and held in proper relative positions without the use ofnails, staples or analogous fastening devices. y

With the above and other obj ects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forthin and falling within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of an open-air bungalowconstructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation thereof, the curtains being shown inopen position.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View through the building.

Fig. 4 `is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse sectional view showing thesupports for the fly or auxiliary roof.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation showing the connectionsbetween the sections of the side and end walls.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal sectional view through oneof the side walls.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, 1 designates the lloor of myportable building, 2, 2, the side walls and 3, 3, the end' walls, theside and end walls uprising from the bottom wall and being suitablysecured to the bottom wall. Each side and end wall is formed of.plurality of sections 4 placed in edge to edge contact and having theconfronting edges thereof formed with tongues 5, respectively,overlapping one another and the inner surface of each section 4 adjacentto one edge thereof has fastened thereto securing 'plates 6 spaced apartvertically and loverlying the adjoining portion of. the adjacent sectionand formed with transversely extending slots 7, respectively, adapted toengage screws 8y carried by the adjoining portion of the adjacentsection. Thus, the sections of each side and end wall are rigidly andeffectively connected to one another and held in wall formation. Eachsection 4, adjacent to the lower end thereof, is provided with a panel 9of canvas or other material that may be penetrated by the air and abovethe panel 9 each section is formed with a panel 10 of foraminous:material, such as wire screen. Curtainsl'll are adapted to close thescreen panels 10, respectively, and each curtain 11 has the upper edgethereof fastened tothe outer side of the particular section at the upperend ofsuch section and has the lower end thereof equipped with a rod 12.Secured to the inner surface of each curtain 11 and disposed in verticalrows adjacent to the respective side edges of the curtain are eyes 13slidably vmounted upon guide wires 14 carried by the section at theopposite sides of the foraminous panel therein. Formed in each section 4above the foraminous panel therein and spaced apart across the sectionare openings 15 lined with metal sleeves 16 and passed through thesleeves is a cord 17 having the extremities secured to the lower end ofthe curtain and the central portion disposed upon the inner side of theparticular section. By means of this construction, it will be seen thatwhen the central portion of the cord is pulled downwardly the curtainwill be elevated to open the screen panel to increase the volume of airpassing through such panel and enable the light to penetrate the panel.Any

2, 2 are top side wall plates 18, while secured to the upper ends of theend walls are top .end wall plates 19. In the present instance, each topwall plate is formed with bolt holes that aline with similar holes inthe upper end rails of the respective sections of the walls and throughthese alining bolt holes are passed securing bolts 2O having the lowerends thereof headed and the upper ends thereof equipped with winged nuts2l, the bolts and nuts cooperating to hold the wall plates to the upperend edges of the respective walls.

22 designates a lower ridge pole extending` longitudinally .of thestructure centrally thereof and secured'to the lower ridge pole 22 andprojecting outwardly therefrom in relatively opposite directions arerafters 23 having the outer ends thereof secured to the upper surfacesof the top side wall plates 19, respectively. Surmounting the lowerridge pole 22 is an upper ridge pole 24: parallel with the ridge pole 22and formed with vertical openings alining with similar openings,respectively, 'in the lower ridge pole and disposed within the aliningopenings are pins 25 and encircling the respective pins 25 are coiledexpansion springs 26 having the upper ends thereof abutting the loweredge of the upper ridge pole and the bottom ends inengagement with theupper edge of the lower ridge pole, such springs acting to hold' theupper ridge pole spaced apart from the lower ridge pole.

Suitably secured to each side wall adjacent to the op-posite endsthereof and' projecting outwardly therefrom are bracketarms 27 andsecured to the outer ends ofthe bracket arms 27 Von each side wall is ahorizontal rod 28. Covering the rafters 23 is a sheet 29 of canvasforming a roof for the structure, while secured to the horizontal rods28 a-re the side edge portions of a fly or auxiliary roof 30, thecentral portion of the fly being trained over the upper ridge pole andengaged by such ridge pole. This fly 30 is spaced apart from themainroof vand lies in parallelism therewith, and the springs 26 act upon theupper ridge pole section' to maintain the fly taut. Depending from thehorizontal rods 28 is a flap 31 of canvas or analogous material. In thepresent instance, the front and rear ends of the` edge of the oppositesection,'the central section constituting a door and being capable ofswinging positions.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the constructionI and mode of assembling and disassembling myimproved portable building will be readilyapparent. It will be seen thatI have provided a portable open-air bungalow which may be readilyknocked down and put together and which is entirely open to the air.

While I have herein shown and described one preferred form of myinvention by way of illustration, I wish it to be understood that I donot limit or confine myself to the precise details of constructionherein de* scribed and delineated, as modification and variation may bemade within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

I claim:

In a portable building structure, an auxiliary roof comprising a ridgepole spaced above the roof of the building, a plurality of bracketssecured upon the walls of the building and extending horizontallytherefrom and terminating in upwardly and outwardly curved ends, rods'engaging said ends, a fabric covering extending from said ridge pole andsecured to said rods, and means for forcing said ridge pole upwardly tohold said rods firmly against said brackets, said fabric being aperturedfor the passage of said. curved ends.

movement to open and closed In testimony whereof I 'atlix my signature IWitnesses Ii. F. SHANDORF, B. M. I-IUTCHINsoN.

